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Solomon's - Turkeman
persian rugs
The look: Turkeman
rugs from Iran are characterised by their geometric patterns. The repeated
motif "gul" ("flower") is a traditional and popular
design Turkeman representation.
The general feel for
quality: The quality of Turkeman rugs varies. The older rugs (knotted
before circa 1940's) are very good. Fine newer Turkeman rugs are more
rare, since some of the newer rugs have a less knots (kpsi) with chemical
dyes instead of using authentic vegetable dyes.
Watch out for: Turkeman
rugs can be mistaken for bokara rug copies.
Shape and style: Turkeman
rugs come in different sizes and majority of them are in smaller sizes
(2x3 to 4x6 feet). You can also find some larger rugs up to mid-size
(4x6 to 8x10 feet).
Color: Dark reds,
browns, and accent colors dominate Turkeman rugs. You can find blue
background in Turkeman rugs in more rare pieces.
Pile texture: Soft
wool, thin, tight piles.
Foundation: Warps
are mostly cotton, wefts are wool.
Solomon's finest sources:
The majorty of the Turkeman tribes of Iran live in the north and northwest.
As Marco Polo said in
the 13th century "Here they make the most exquisite and beautiful
rugs in the world." Turkeman hand loomed rug for many centuries.
Rug weaving is one of
the oldest arts in TURKMENISTAN and the region. Archeological data places
carpet making on the territory of TURKMENISTAN as early as the 6th century
B.C. The remains of a carpet which archeologists found in the 1940's
at Altai is two-thousand five hundred years old. It took centuries for
these designs to develop, and the decoration of the carpets is extremely
original, reflecting stylized articles of the real world surrounding
nomadic livestock-breeders. Ornaments are geometric, and love of deep,
rich red is an artistic tradition of the carpets. The art of carpet
weaving was passed from generation to generation and today one can single
out several types of Turkmen carpets, each having individual ornamentation.
Akhal Teke Horse
TURKMEN are famous not only for their beautiful oriental rugs, but also
for their famous Akhal-teke horse. These horses originate from Turkmen
Sahara Desert in northwest Iran. Horses from here have been used as
cavalry mounts and race horses for thousands of years.
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